Baseball is a conundrum. Great hitters fail to get hits in about two-thirds of their at-bats. The best teams win two out of every three games. The worst teams lose two out of every three. The pundit class says the 2013 Mets are supposed to lose due to a lack of offense and a questionable [...]
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2013 Is Here and (for what it’s worth) There May Be Some Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Dave Mills As the 2013 season opens, this scribe has a mea culpa… In my post of Feb. 21, 2013, which heralded spring training, I said: “Johan Santana would be healthier on opening day than he was in April 2012.” Ouch! My bad. Accordingly, I offer a respectful apology to the throngs who visit [...]
Here is how the 2013 New York Mets Adventure may shake out
We are at the end of one of those brief two-week periods each year when there is actually very little to talk and write about when it comes to MLB and the New York Mets. The news of the day is generally not compelling and what little news there is (i.e. the injury to Daniel [...]
Bourn will dictate shape of Mets outfield and bench
By Dave Mills The New York Mets signed two more outfielders today, but neither was named Michael Bourn and neither is likely to have an impact on the major league roster. In addition to signing RH relievers Scott Atchison & LaTroy Hawkins to minors deals, #Mets also inked OFs Corey Patterson & Mike Wilson February [...]
Mets Pen is Overflowing
By Dave Mills If Alderson & Company ink Brandon Lyon, there is plenty to choose from in terms of fielding a quality bullpen far more worthy than the 2012 cast of characters. There could be a very interesting “closer-by-committee” scenario available from this pool: Lyon, Frank Francisco, Bobby Parnell and Josh Edgin. Assuming Jeremy Hefner [...]
The Genius of Billy Beane
Beane Pulls Another One Out of the Hat by Dave Mills Billy Beane has once again pulled what appears to be a sparkler of a deal for the A’s about 10 days before Pitchers and Catchers. This time he gobbles up versatile infielder Jed Lowrie from the Houston Astros of the American League for [...]
Frozen Ropes
Scott Free Sometimes things happen because they were meant to. Sometimes things happen because there was nothing else that could happen. There were not many suitors out there who were willing to get together with Scott Hairston on a multi-year deal. The Cubs may have been the only ones. Scott should be quite comfortable in [...]
Re-Morseful?
Austin Kearns AND Michael Morse are now off the table. The Fish made Kearns’ return to Miami official earlier today. Morse departed the east coast for the Pacific Northwest in a fascinating three-team deal, which transpired in the past few hours. Morse went from the Nats to his original organization, the Mariners, while Seattle sent catcher [...]
Alderson & Company Surely on the Prowl and Hovering
All the Signs Point to a Big Deal How do we know? Take a look at the non-roster invitees. As of today, when the Mets added five in-system invitees (Mazzoni, Montero, Centeno, Satin and den Dekker), there were only four out-of- system invitees (Laffey, Torres, Bixler and Brown with Quintanilla coming soon). Alderson’s first Spring [...]
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